Monday 28th September 2020 Colossians – Christ alone is head Colossians 2: 9 – 15 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off […]
URC Daily Devotion Worship for Sunday 27th September
URC Daily Devotion Worship for Sunday 27th September 2020 The Rev’d Branwen Rees Introduction Hello, my name is Branwen Rees and I am a United Reformed Church minister serving as East Wales Regional Minister. This covers an area from Llanvaches to the east and Brynmawr in the west, and I have pastoral charge of 3 particular […]
URC Daily Devotion Services to Continue
Services to Continue Dear Friends, Since lockdown began in March we have produced a service for every Sunday as well as for Good Friday and a Stations of the Cross service for Holy Week. We have used a wide range of people as our preachers ensuring that a variety of places and perspectives are represented. […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 25th September 2020 Colossians – Paul’s Concern
Friday 25th September 2020 Colossians – Paul’s Concern Colossians 2: 1 – 5 For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face. I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 24th September 2020 Colossians – Paul’s Labours for the Gentiles
Thursday 24th September 2020 Colossians – Paul’s Labours for the Gentiles Colossians 1: 24 – 29 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 23rd September 2020 Colossians – Our Share in Salvation
Wednesday 23rd September 2020 Colossians – Our Share in Salvation Colossians 1: 21 – 23 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him— provided that you continue securely […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 22nd September 2020 Colossians Christ is the Head of All Creation
Tuesday 22nd September 2020Colossians Christ is the Head of All Creation Colossians 1: 15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;for in him all things were created in heaven and on earth,things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powersall things have been created through him […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 21st September 2020 Colossians – Greetings
Monday 21st September 2020 Colossians – Greetings Colossians 1: 1 – 14 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. In our prayers for you we always […]
Colossians
Colossians Dear <<First Name>> I hope that the week thinking about Creation has been helpful and brings, again, to our minds the need to deal with the climate emergency through our own personal choices and those of our governments. We turn now, for the next few weeks, to the Epistle to the Colossians. Colossae was a prosperous […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 19th September 2020 Creation 6
Saturday 19th September 2020 Creation 6 Romans 8: 18 – 25 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, […]